Urban Resilience, Changing Economy and Social Trends. Coping with socio-economic consequences of the crisis in Athens

Urban Resilience, Changing Economy and Social Trends. Coping with socio-economic consequences of the crisis in Athens


 


Othengrafen, Frank; Serraos, Konstantinos (Eds.): Urban Resilience, Changing Economy and Social Trends. Coping with socio-economic consequences of the crisis in Athens, Greece. Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019, 167 S.

Contents


Part 1: Southern European Perspectives when Dealing with Socio-economic Consequences of the Crisis

Introduction: Southern European Perspectives when Dealing with Socio-economic Consequences of the Crisis
Laura Chocontá

Political Resilience in Times of Economic Crisis and Local Government Reforms
Yannis Psycharis, Dimitris Kallioras, Evangelia Psatha

Athenian Urbanism and Urban Resilience
Thanos Pagonis

Community Resilience through the Influence of Grassroots Initiatives
Filip Śnieg, Lena Greinke, Frank Othengrafen

Struggling Against Entrenched Austerity
Simone Tulumello

Grassroots Economic Activism in Hard Times
Riccardo Guidi


Part 2: Coping with Socio-economic Consequences of the Crisis in Athens

Introduction: Coping with Socio-economic Consequences of the Crisis in Athens
Laura Chocontá, Filip Śnieg

The Past of Things to Come
Zoe Hatziyannaki

Make Exarcheia’s Housing Affordable Again
Alina Ehlers, Carola Wilhelm, Dimitra Vreda

Dignifying Life Beyond the Streets
Laura Chocontá

Community Empowerment through Establishment of a Local Food Supply Chain
Helia Molla Ahmadi Dehaghi, Diego Vizcarra Ganoza, Spyridoula Driva

Enhancing Community Cohesion in Exarcheia, Athens: Focussing on Temporary Uses
Jana Brenner, Hanna Jordan, Evdokia Valli


Recent Submissions

  • The Past of Things to Come 
    Hatziyannaki, Zoe (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    The paper discusses the installation work titled “The Past of Things to Come” which was exhibited in Athens in 2018. The main idea was based on an alleged occupation of a building that developed into a critical and sarcastic ...
  • Enhancing Community Cohesion in Exarcheia, Athens: Focussing on Temporary Uses 
    Brenner, Jana; Jordan, Hanna; Valli, Evdokia (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    The area of Exarcheia in Athens is characterised by the effects of the economic crisis and political activism. This results in a high number of abandoned buildings and spaces and also in a considerable number of illegal ...
  • Coping with Socio-economic Consequences of the Crisis in Athens 
    Chocontá, Laura; Snieg, Filip (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    Athens, like most Greek urban centres, has been severely affected by the economic crisis that began in 2008. The city‘s economics badly suffered from impacts of the crisis that, unfortunately for the society, resulted in ...
  • Make Exarcheia’s Housing Affordable Again 
    Ehlers, Alina; Wilhelm, Carola; Vreda, Dimitra (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    The economic crisis that affected Greece since 2011 and European Austerity politics led to considerable cuts in the Greek public budget and shortcomings of social welfare (VAIOU & KALANDIDIS 2016: p. 462). The reduction ...
  • Grassroots Economic Activism in Hard Times 
    Guidi, Riccardo (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    According to an authoritative literature (KOUSIS 2017, KOUSIS & PASHOU 2017), citizens of Southern European countries have developed “alternative forms of resilience” to cope with the hardship due to recession and austerity. ...
  • Dignifying Life Beyond the Streets 
    Chocontá, Laura (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    Home, and therefore homelessness, can have different meanings according to one‘s background but it mandates a sensitive response. An adequate approach to it should be insightful of its implications, and so, a common ...
  • Community Empowerment through Establishment of a Local Food Supply Chain 
    Molla Ahmadi Dehaghi, Helia; Vizcarra Ganoza, Diego; Driva, Spyridoula (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    The socio-economic crisis and its consequences in the “Post-austerity” era in Greece have increased the number of homeless and unemployed people (ATHENS RESILIENCE STRATEGY 2017: p. 12). The increasing number of vulnerable ...
  • Political Resilience in Times of Economic Crisis and Local Government Reforms 
    Psycharis, Yannis; Kallioras, Dimitris; Psatha, Evangelia (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    Economic crisis and fiscal consolidation policy in Greece had a tremendous impact on local government finances and the provision of services and local public goods to citizens and localities. The implementation of these ...
  • Athenian Urbanism and Urban Resilience 
    Pagonis, Thanos (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    The paper attempts to relate the concept of resilience with urbanism. More than just the functions in buildings, mixed land-use and maintenance of public life in the streets, ‘urbanism’ is understood as a collective condition ...
  • Community Resilience through the Influence of Grassroots Initiatives 
    Snieg, Filip; Greinke, Lena; Othengrafen, Frank (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    The paper shows that the importance of German and Greek initiatives has risen significantly in the last years. The German movements are mostly reflected in the harsh criticism of political undertakings; many focusing on ...
  • Struggling Against Entrenched Austerity 
    Tulumello, Simone (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    This chapter provides an overview of the field of housing politics in contemporary Lisbon: the transition from the end of a period of economic crisis and deep austerity to a fast economic growth based on exportation, tourism ...
  • Southern European Perspectives when Dealing with Socio-economic Consequences of the Crisis 
    Chocontá, Laura (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    The late 2000s crisis has transformed Europe. Especially in the south, governmental efforts to face the situation become visible in institutional changes in favour of austerity and which, at the same time, were detrimental ...
  • Urban Resilience, Changing Economy and Social Trends. Coping with socio-economic consequences of the crisis in Athens, Greece 
    Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2019)
    [no abstract]